Tempest Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 I have a modded Xbox that I got off a member a few years back. It has a bunch of stuff on it I don't really need or want (copies of sports games, console emulators, and whatnot), so I was thinking about zapping all of that and putting Coinops on it but I'm not sure how to go about doing this. I'm also not 100% sure what mods the Xbox has on it, but I'm fairly sure it has a larger hard drive (from the amount of stuff already on it) and is running the original 'Blades' dashboard. Anyone have a guide for installing CoinOps (the newest version) and tips on what dashboard I should be using? I have access to a PC with Windows 7 and Ubuntu, but I also have a OS X laptop and an XP laptop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Original original Xbox, right? If it has a "blades" interface, that's not standard, so it sounds like it's running XBMC in place of a dashboard. If so, that's my preferred setup, and I would stick with that. You should be able to find the system's IP address in the menus and connect to it via FTP; they're usually set up to have the username/password as xbox/xbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 I use XBMC on mine. If it's a softmod, make sure you backup your EEPROM data. I used Auto Installer Deluxe. Google it. I am still in the learning phase of this myself, so I really can't give you much help. I used CHIMP that (I believe) came with A.I.D. to install a 500G drive, and that worked well. I use WSFTP to connect to the XBox, and it works well. Any FTP client will, it's your preference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 16, 2014 Author Share Posted March 16, 2014 Original original Xbox, right? If it has a "blades" interface, that's not standard, so it sounds like it's running XBMC in place of a dashboard. If so, that's my preferred setup, and I would stick with that. You should be able to find the system's IP address in the menus and connect to it via FTP; they're usually set up to have the username/password as xbox/xbox. Yeah it's an original Xbox with the blades style dash on it. I didn't know if the original got it or not (I remember it from the 360). I'll look into the FTP setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 I just had a little heart to heart with my Xbox and found out these system specs: Dashboard: XBMC 9.04-SVW Hard Drive Space: 232 GB!!! (system reports 238230 MB free) Memory: 39MB Free (I assume this means I don't have the memory upgrade). These a bunch of stuff on the HD that I want to zap and put CoinOps 5 on it. I found the IP address so I'm going to try my hand at FTPing CoinOps over. If I want to zap what is already there should I do it from XBMC or through the FTP somehow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Tarzilla Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I just had a little heart to heart with my Xbox and found out these system specs: Dashboard: XBMC 9.04-SVW Hard Drive Space: 232 GB!!! (system reports 238230 MB free) Memory: 39MB Free (I assume this means I don't have the memory upgrade). These a bunch of stuff on the HD that I want to zap and put CoinOps 5 on it. I found the IP address so I'm going to try my hand at FTPing CoinOps over. If I want to zap what is already there should I do it from XBMC or through the FTP somehow? Coinops 6 just came out, I'm just dowloading it now...85gig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Tarzilla Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Everything you need to know about Coinops is here http://coinopsproject.freeforums.org/coinops-6-f57.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 Everything you need to know about Coinops is here http://coinopsproject.freeforums.org/coinops-6-f57.html Except for an install guide. I found one on Youtube for CoinOps 5 lite which I'm hoping will work for 6 (they should be the same minus some game roms). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatta Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 If you want to zap your hard disk entirely, use Auto Installer Deluxe. It's just a few button presses to get back to a virgin state. That's a full format Does CoinOps really need an "install guide"? Copy it over to your hard disk and run it like any other xbox software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 If you want to zap your hard disk entirely, use Auto Installer Deluxe. It's just a few button presses to get back to a virgin state. That's a full format Does CoinOps really need an "install guide"? Copy it over to your hard disk and run it like any other xbox software. I just want to get rid of all the extra stuff on it, I want to keep the dashboard and everything. There are some questions I had that I needed answered like where on the HD do you install stuff? My drive has several partitions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 On a drive that size, I imagine it's all in f:games and f:emu. Just peek in there with your FTP client, delete what you don't want, and copy over what you do want. Don't let the folders scare you, it's as simple as MS-DOS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 On a drive that size, I imagine it's all in f:games and f:emu. Just peek in there with your FTP client, delete what you don't want, and copy over what you do want. Don't let the folders scare you, it's as simple as MS-DOS. So there are no dedicated partitions for anything? Where are the dashboard files? Those are the ones I don't want to disturb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 (edited) Ah... it varies. There is likely an .xbe in C:/, with the rest of the files someplace like F:/apps/xbmc C: is your dedicated system partition, E: typically holds save data in /tdata and /udata, D: is reserved for the DVD and F: is generally where l33t h4x0rz install games/emus/apps. Edited March 18, 2014 by Rex Dart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 F drive. Got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLic0ne t0aD Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Thats what mine is as well, F drive.. Im running Unleash X. I bought mine modded already for dirt cheap a few years ago, 200GB hard drive installed. Already a bunch of xbox games, movies, music, emulators .. even porn on it lol. I would like to add some more emulators and roms as well. I'll have to look into the CoinOps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 I updated XBMC yesterday and that went well, so I'll do CoinOps tonight once it finishes downloading. One thing I don't like about CoinOps is that it's not just an arcade emulator as the name implies, it's actually a whole bunch of emulators. I'd personally just like to get a nice port of MAME for the Xbox, but I can't seem to find a recent one and CoinOps seems to be the only one that is updated. Is there a version of MAME for Xbox that's still maintained? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaWarrior Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I would lke to know to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Sure, MAMEoX exists, but it's not maintained like CoinOps is. Still, it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 Sure, MAMEoX exists, but it's not maintained like CoinOps is. Still, it works. Well I suppose I can strip out all the emulators I don't need and basically use CoinOps as a MAME emulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 Ok I got CoinOPS 6 moved over last night and it seems to work well. Two more questions though: 1. Before I zapped everything my Xbox had some Xbox games on it (stuff like GTA 3), how were these loaded on? I wouldn't mind having one or two Xbox games on my system, but it's not a deal breaker if it's hard to do. 2. In CoinOPS, it there a way to access the dip switches for games? Some of them have the difficulty cranked up awfully high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 (edited) Ok I got CoinOPS 6 moved over last night and it seems to work well. Two more questions though: 1. Before I zapped everything my Xbox had some Xbox games on it (stuff like GTA 3), how were these loaded on? I wouldn't mind having one or two Xbox games on my system, but it's not a deal breaker if it's hard to do. They're simply dumped out into the F:\games folder, usually, so that the structure to the game's executable is F:\games\yourgamestitle\default.xbe You should be able to pop in a game disc, then go to the file manager in XBMC (or whatever dashboard you use) and copy over the files from the disc. There's no "install" really, just copy the files. Edited March 23, 2014 by Rex Dart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 They're simply dumped out into the F:\games folder, usually, so that the structure to the game's executable is F:\games\yourgamestitle\default.xbe You should be able to pop in a game disc, then go to the file manager in XBMC (or whatever dashboard you use) and copy over the files from the disc. There's no "install" really, just copy the files. Oh ok, so it's that easy? I guess I'll have to find some of these games then, I never really looked into Xbox games before. I wonder if my modded system can read burned discs? Only one way to find out I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 You can grab DVDtoXbox and have that program do it for you. Emuparadise has a bunch of rips already too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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